The Battle of Antietam.

The Bloodiest Battle!!

The Battle of Antietam.

The Bloodiest Battle!!

Sharpsburg, Maryland September 16, 1862

Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Union Army of the Potomac confronted Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, Maryland.

Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan

Union General

Robert E. Lee

Confederate General

Sharpsburg Maryland

This is the Stone Bridge. This is the bridge that the union tried to cross to fight the confederate. They failed twice before finally succeeding on the 3rd try.

Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan

Union General

Robert E. Lee

Confederate General

Sharpsburg Maryland

This is the Stone Bridge. This is the bridge that the union tried to cross to fight the confederate. They failed twice before finally succeeding on the 3rd try.

September 17, 1862 Dawn

At dawn on September 17, Maj. General Joseph Hooker’s Union corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee’s left flank that began the Battle of Antietam, and the single bloodiest day in American military history. Repeated Union attacks, and equally vicious Confederate counterattacks, swept back and forth across Miller’s cornfield and the West Woods. Despite the great Union numerical advantage, Stonewall Jackson’s forces near the Dunker Church would hold their ground this bloody morning. Meanwhile, towards the center of the battlefield, Union assaults against the Sunken Road would pierce the Confederate center after a terrible struggle for this key defensive position. Unfortunately for the Union army this temporal advantage in the center was not followed up with further advances.

Maj. General Joseph Hooke

Union General

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Confederate General Got his nickname "Stonewall" for not retreating when the union army advanced.

Dunker Church

This is the church where "Stonewall" Jackson held his ground to get his nickname.

Maj. General Joseph Hooke

Union General

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Confederate General Got his nickname "Stonewall" for not retreating when the union army advanced.

Dunker Church

This is the church where "Stonewall" Jackson held his ground to get his nickname.